November 24, 2001 Diary: America Strikes Back

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Noose tightens around Taliban-held city
Saturday, November 24, 2001
Northern alliance troops closed in Friday on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters trapped in Kunduz, seizing an outlying town without a fight. Alliance commanders said they expected the city to surrender this weekend.

Area shoppers ignore gloomy forecast
Saturday, November 24, 2001
With many Americans saying they want to keep their holiday focused more on family than presents, retailers pulled out the stops Friday in an effort to lure consumers into stores for the holiday shopping season.

Preliminary testing reveals no anthrax in victim's home
Saturday, November 24, 2001
Deepening the mystery surrounding the nation's latest anthrax death, preliminary tests Friday found no trace of the germ in the 94-year-old victim's home, on her mail or at her post office.

Taliban flee Kunduz by the hundreds, greeted as brothers by alliance that besieged them
Saturday, November 24, 2001
(Updated Wednesday at 1:21 p.m.) A trickle of surrendering Taliban became a flood Saturday, and those laying down arms were greeted like brothers by northern alliance fighters besieging Kunduz. It was unclear whether a hard core of foreigners loyal to Osama bin Laden would opt to fight to the finish.

Kansans are generous with Sept. 11 causes
Saturday, November 24, 2001
No sooner had the dimensions of the Sept. 11 attacks become clear than Kansans began looking for ways to help. In Salina, the co-owners of a promotions company quickly began printing patriotic T-shirts and selling them at no profit for $6 apiece to raise money for the American Red Cross.

Iraq next stop in terror war
Saturday, November 24, 2001
Iraq tops the lists of countries where the United States might take its war on terrorism next. Some other places — Somalia, Sudan, Kashmir — could also face military attacks if Osama bin Laden flees there.

America suffers no fatalities due to enemy action in Afghan war
Saturday, November 24, 2001
After nearly seven weeks, the unconventional war in Afghanistan has produced an unlikely statistic: Not one U.S. service member has been killed by enemy action.

Anti-Taliban militia leader believes bin Laden in eastern Afghanistan
Saturday, November 24, 2001
(Web Posted Saturday at 8:50 a.m.) A senior militia commander in the eastern city of Jalalabad said Saturday that he believes Osama bin Laden was nearby, moving at night on horseback and sleeping in caves during the day.

Briefly
Saturday, November 24, 2001
• Washington: Powell extends restrictions on American travel to Libya
• New York: Firefighter action figure raises funds for department
• TOKYO: Japan to commit troops for Afghan relief efforts

Love New York
Saturday, November 24, 2001